>>When I said, "wow, Chiefs won, Oregon Ducks won, and today ain't even my birthday"....I was wrong, it IS my birthday.
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>>Just like the Monopoly card says, "Life insurance matures, collect $500", I got an unexpected windfall this evening.
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>>So I'll be able to buy an iPad, without needing to stick a crowbar in my wallet.
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>>I cannot believe I'm buying an Apple product. After looking at so many products with the idea, "I want it to do what the iPad does", I finally realized I should just buy the freakin' iPad.
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>I thought you'd be one to be saying, "I want it to do MORE than what the iPad does". I figured you to be in the, "not Magical...Functional" camp :)
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>Anyway, congratulations. Oh, that's just wrong. Here I am congratulating you on getting an iCant when I didn't do the same when your daughter was born :{

He has other options:

http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-apps/10027-productivity-office-apps.html

The post (especially the comments in that top post) are interesting...